After two-plus days of the NFL legal tampering period, the league officially rang in the new league year Wednesday afternoon. That means all the signings that we’ve seen roll in over the past few days can now become official. And it also didn’t slow down the free agency period, which continues to engulf the league.
Wednesday’s start to the new league year brought with it trades, the release of a couple notable pass catchers and a mystery team swooping in to sign the top wide receiver on the free agent market. With Day 3 of free agency beginning to slow down, let’s take a look at some of the winners and losers around the league.
The Tennessee Titans made the rest of the NFL’s jaw hit the floor after they swooped in and signed Calvin Ridley to a four-year, $92 million deal. Throughout the legal tampering period, Tennessee had not been officially linked to the star receiver, but it managed to get him to head down to Nashville to further bolster an offense around second-year quarterback Will Levis, who is one of the key winners of this signing. The Kentucky product showed flashes in his nine starts last year, but the Titans’ front office isn’t simply hoping that he takes a second-year leap. Instead, they are putting together a strong collection of skill-position players with Ridley being the latest addition along with running back Tony Pollard, who they landed earlier in the tampering window. Now, Levis is surrounded by an offense that features Ridley, Pollard, DeAndre Hopkins, Tyjae Spears and Treylon Burks. That’s how you set your young quarterback up for success.
One of these teams was inevitably going to end up the loser in this Ridley sweepstakes, but it’s downright shocking that both end up in this category. In the days leading up to the new league year, it appeared to be a two-horse race between Jacksonville and New England for Ridley’s services, but each had the rug pulled out front…
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-03-13 22:56:10
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